a scientist who carries out scientific tests used by the police when trying to solve a crime

shared by two or more people

not saying that you are sorry about something, even in situations in which other people might expect you to

one of the many thin threads that form natural materials, such as wood and cotton, and body tissue such as muscle

very different from each other, contradicting

the method of finding the particular pattern of genes in an individual person, particularly to identify sb or find out if sb has committed a crime

not supporting one person or group more than another

a very small piece of something

an object, a piece of evidence or some information that helps the police solve a crime

a round piece of glass with a handle, used to make objects or print look bigger

rapidly grow or increase in number

a picture printed on cardboard or wood, that has been cut up into a lot of small pieces of different shapes that you have to fit together again

to put a raised design or piece of writing on paper, leather, etc.

that is heated to a very high temperature so that it becomes liquid

A thin wire inside the glass bulb of a light bulb, which heats up to glow and provide light.

very well designed and easy to use so that it is impossible to use it wrongly

extremely small

a single thin piece of thread, wire, hair etc

to tell sb with force what they should or should not do

reduce the number of possibilities

behave in an independent way, ignoring laws, rules, or conventional ways of doing things